May significantly. Lower the risk of ovarian cancer. Researchers say that risk of dropped as much as some B 4% for women using those methods of birth control for more than ten years.

This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.

{“id”:58116594,”title”:”Newer hormonal birth control linked to lower ovarian cancer risk: Study”,”duration”:”0:21″,”description”:”Hormonal contraception methods like a pill, patch, ring or injectable are very effective and popular as birth control, but they can have other health benefits, too.”,”url”:”/Health/video/newer-hormonal-birth-control-linked-lower-ovarian-cancer-58116594″,”section”:”Health”,”mediaType”:”default”}